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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

St. Therese of Lisieux: Novena Day Three

I understood how imperfect was my love for my
Sisters. I saw I didn’t love them as God
loves them. Ah! I understand now that charity consists in
bearing with the faults of others, in not being surprised at their weakness, in
being edified by the smallest acts of virtues we see them practice. But I understood above all that charity must
not remain hidden in the bottom of the heart.
Jesus has said: “No one lights a
lamp and puts it under a bushel basket, but upon the lampstand, so as to give
light to ALL in the house.” It seems
to me that this lamp represents charity which must enlighten and rejoice not
only those who are dearest to us but “ALL who
are in the house” without distinction.